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Baltimore County environmental department seeks funds to meet MS4 permit, expand PCB testing and restoration projects
Summary
Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability outlined FY26 capital requests focused on MS4 permit compliance, expanded PCB testing funded by a Monsanto settlement, stream and shoreline restoration, stormwater system repairs, reforestation and pilot green-technology projects.
Horacio Tablada, director of the Baltimore County Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability, told the Planning Board subcommittee on the capital improvement budget that the department’s FY26 requests are driven by regulatory requirements and long‑term restoration goals tied to the Chesapeake Bay TMDL.
Tablada said the county’s MS4 stormwater permit from the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) sets the department’s capital priorities. “Our permit was last issued in November 2021. It will be renewed in 2026,” he said, and added that the county has a mandate to restore 3,167 acres of impervious surface and is about 67% of the way to that goal.
The department described four core capital program areas: stream restoration, shoreline stabilization, stormwater best‑management practice (BMP) improvements and reforestation. According to Tablada, the county has completed 106 stream restoration projects through fiscal year 2025 at a cumulative cost of about $177…
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